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Article D3661-17 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The statements appended to the budget documents pursuant to Article L. 3661-15 are as follows: I. – Statements appended to the budget and the administrative account : 1° Tables summarising the status of borrowings and debts; 2° Presentation of the status of provisions; 3° Presentation of the methods used for depreciation; 4° Presentation of the balance of financial operations; 5° Presentation of the status of charges transferred to investment; 6°…

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Article D3661-18 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The audited accounts referred to in article L. 3661-16 are audited by a statutory auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts, and by the chairman of the body concerned for bodies not subject to such an obligation. The statutory auditors are responsible for the auditing of the accounts of bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts.

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Article D3662-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

For the application of article L. 3662-9, the difference between the sale value of a fixed asset and its net book value must be recorded in the investment section of the budget before the result of the operating section can be determined. For the application of the same article, provisions do not give rise to the entry of appropriations in the investment section of the budget. However, the Lyon Metropolitan…

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Article D3664-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

For the application of the provisions of 20° of Article L. 3664-1, the Metropole of Lyon depreciates its fixed assets, including those received on disposal or assignment: 1° Intangible; 2° Tangible, with the exception of road networks and installations for which depreciation is optional. This depreciation does not apply to fixed assets owned by the metropolitan authority that are handed over on assignment or at disposal, nor to land and…

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Article D3664-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

For the application of article L. 3662-5, the Lyon metropolitan authority may neutralise the budget, on the one hand, of the depreciation allowance for public buildings, less the amount of the annual write-back of equipment subsidies received for the financing of these facilities, and, on the other hand, of the depreciation allowance for equipment subsidies paid by an expenditure from the investment section and a revenue from the operating section….

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Article D3664-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The constitution of provisions for liabilities and charges is mandatory as soon as the risk arises. The recognition of depreciation is mandatory in the event of a loss of value of an asset. The Chairman of the Metropolitan Council recognises the depreciation or establishes the provision up to the amount of the loss of value recognised or up to the amount of the risk. The depreciation or provision is adjusted…

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Article D3665-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The appropriations allocated to expenditure for each financial year may not be used to pay expenditure for another financial year. However, expenditure committed but not mandated at the close of the financial year shall be charged against the appropriations which must be carried over to the budget for the following financial year. They may be paid until these appropriations are made available on the basis of the statement of outstanding…

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